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2006-12-05 Home Front: WoT
Right on Cue: Revealing x-ray machine raises privacy concerns in US
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Posted by .com 2006-12-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 We gonna nickname it "The Burka Buster".
Posted by SpecOp35 2006-12-05 00:53||   2006-12-05 00:53|| Front Page Top

#2 who gives a flying f*ck what anyones one parts might look like in an x-ray machine? LOL!

I have some olde jacket/shrapnel fragments in my left leg and tungsten testicles!

/5ยข a peek...
Posted by RD 2006-12-05 05:20||   2006-12-05 05:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Oh man, I am SO getting a job with the TSA when I get back to the States.
Posted by gromky 2006-12-05 05:26||   2006-12-05 05:26|| Front Page Top

#4 An obsidian knife will not be caught in the standard magnetic screening gate but was quite adequate for removing the beating heart from an Aztec human sacrifice. It would be caught by this x-ray.

Once you've been laid out for emergency room surgery you gain a whole new perspective on 'privacy concerns.'
Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore  2006-12-05 07:12||   2006-12-05 07:12|| Front Page Top

#5 gromky,

Been out of the country a long time? Based on the lines I see at the airport, looking at these x-rays won't be a very titillating experience.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-12-05 07:27||   2006-12-05 07:27|| Front Page Top

#6 Hey, if they wanted to see my naked, David the statue type body, all they had to do was ask!
Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader  2006-12-05 07:30||   2006-12-05 07:30|| Front Page Top

#7 Just to satisfy my curiosity, what is that thing against the gentleman's belly that looks like a power drill?
Posted by trailing wife 2006-12-05 07:51||   2006-12-05 07:51|| Front Page Top

#8 One's anatomy would have to be quite distinctive to be identifiable from a backscatter photo. This is another attempt by the technically ignorant ambulance chasers to generate lawsuits for which they will be paid. The ACLU has become the AntiAmerican Ceaseless Lawsuit Unit.
Posted by RWV 2006-12-05 08:06||   2006-12-05 08:06|| Front Page Top

#9 Belt Buckle and zipper?

Either that or he has reinforcing.....
Posted by CrazyFool 2006-12-05 08:08||   2006-12-05 08:08|| Front Page Top

#10 Couldn't resist.
Privacy concerns, hell yeah.
Posted by anonymous5089 2006-12-05 09:34||   2006-12-05 09:34|| Front Page Top

#11 Life imitate art, just like for bad kung fu movies.

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-12-05 09:37||   2006-12-05 09:37|| Front Page Top

#12 I am going to do the Heisman pose every time I go through.
Posted by Cyber Sarge 2006-12-05 10:17||   2006-12-05 10:17|| Front Page Top

#13 Getting ready for Labor Day 2007 at Ocean City (MD), hon. Thrasher's Boardwalk Fries, here we come!
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2006-12-05 10:34||   2006-12-05 10:34|| Front Page Top

#14 Just to satisfy my curiosity, what is that thing against the gentleman's belly that looks like a power drill?

Could be the belt buckle/zipper combo. Or, that "stimulation" toy that judge used under his bench sometime back, I don't know. May need closer inspection, TW, lol!
Posted by BA 2006-12-05 11:16||   2006-12-05 11:16|| Front Page Top

#15 Isn't x-ray supposed to be dangerous to your health ?
I mean, why do they put a lead vest on you at the dentist office, and why do the techs always leave the room ?
Posted by wxjames 2006-12-05 11:22||   2006-12-05 11:22|| Front Page Top

#16 Nah, not "Right on Cue" - it took 'em a week.

WXJames - those wearing the lead vests get several exposures a day, every day. I get x-rayed once a year - or so. I suspect the danger of the backscatter thingy is significant if you travel three times a day, every day, and get secondary screening every time. Still, somebody ought to give the "official" answer....
Posted by Bobby 2006-12-05 12:31||   2006-12-05 12:31|| Front Page Top

#17 Someone suggested the best way of confronting nonsense like this is with equal and opposite hysteria:

"They are doing this to look at young children NAKED!!!"

"They plan to record the pictures and colorize them and sell them on THE INTERNET!!! TO PERVERTS!!!"

"PEDOPHILES!!! eek."
Posted by Anonymoose 2006-12-05 12:59||   2006-12-05 12:59|| Front Page Top

#18 "An obsidian knife will not be caught in the standard magnetic screening gate but was quite adequate for removing the beating heart from an Aztec human sacrifice. It would be caught by this x-ray."

I have several titanium bladed knives which pass through conventional metal detectors without incident. They don't hold an edge well, but no metal detector worries.

"to satisfy my curiosity, what is that thing against the gentleman's belly that looks like a power drill?"

It is a concealed knife in the belt buckle. You can see a lanyard hanging down to let him grab it quickly.
Posted by Mark E. 2006-12-05 13:04||   2006-12-05 13:04|| Front Page Top

#19 "I mean, why do they put a lead vest on you at the dentist office, and why do the techs always leave the room ?"

Cause they're cowards! I aint afraid of no x-ray.
Posted by Mark E. 2006-12-05 13:06||   2006-12-05 13:06|| Front Page Top

#20 Is that a parrot on his shoulder?
Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot  2006-12-05 15:12|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]  2006-12-05 15:12|| Front Page Top

#21 Swedish border patrol keep record of beautiful women.
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2006-12-05 15:27||   2006-12-05 15:27|| Front Page Top

#22 Lol, Sea. I liked the "evil-minded bores" bit. Hey if boinking animals is okie-fine, then this isn't much. They did refrain from collecting the vital info that would encourage "active interfence", after all. Just admiring from afar, lol.
Posted by .com 2006-12-05 15:31||   2006-12-05 15:31|| Front Page Top

#23 interference, lol.
Posted by .com 2006-12-05 15:32||   2006-12-05 15:32|| Front Page Top

#24 Is that Frank G in #13?
Posted by Ebbaick Glomble1089 2006-12-05 17:08||   2006-12-05 17:08|| Front Page Top

#25 So if they see a cancer will they tell you or your insurer? Maybe your boss?

Considering costs of X-Rays a flight might be cheaper....

Posted by 3dc 2006-12-05 18:14||   2006-12-05 18:14|| Front Page Top

#26 So, I take that you won't be able to hide, say, your cellphone, no matter how hard you try?
Posted by anonymous5089 2006-12-05 18:21||   2006-12-05 18:21|| Front Page Top

#27 Not even your pet light bulb...
Posted by .com 2006-12-05 18:22||   2006-12-05 18:22|| Front Page Top

#28 Ha!hahhahahhahahahaha,
corporate humor memory kicks in.
Posted by Shipman 2006-12-05 18:25||   2006-12-05 18:25|| Front Page Top

#29 Gerbils might be kept hidden though...

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg  2006-12-05 20:01||   2006-12-05 20:01|| Front Page Top

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